How to Make a Boho-Chic Macramé Pumpkin

Turn a simple pumpkin into a boho-chic decoration with this macramé wrapping technique.

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This project combines a white pumpkin with craft rope, leather cord, and wooden beads to create a stylish macramé-covered pumpkin. By carving holes, lacing leather cord, and tying lark’s head knots, you’ll build a textured web. An optional battery-powered candle adds a warm glow from inside.

Directions

Using a knife, cut a circular opening around the pumpkin's base. Take out the bottom piece and scoop out all the seeds and stringy pulp. For a reusable option, consider using a fake pumpkin instead.

With a serrated blade, create small holes in the top half of the pumpkin—big enough for the leather cord to pass through. A helpful tip: mark the hole positions with a pen before cutting.

Lace the leather cord through the holes, going in and out, so that it wraps all the way around the pumpkin in one continuous line.

Measure and cut a rope that is 2–3 inches longer than twice the pumpkin's height. Fold it in the middle, then slide the folded loop under the leather cord.

Bring the two loose ends of the rope over the leather cord, then pass them through the folded loop from underneath.

Tighten the knot by pulling the ends. This creates a lark's head knot (also called a cow hitch).

For each section, tie three of these knots in a row and make sure they are snug.

Grab the first four rope strands on the left side. Take the leftmost strand, bring it over the two middle strands, and thread it under the fourth strand.

Take the fourth strand (the far right of the four), pass it behind the two middle strands, and pull it through the loop created on the left side.

Pull the ends firmly to form a knot.

Perform the same knot-tying process using the four strands on the right side.

Now, again take the leftmost strand, bring it over the two middle strands, and tuck it under the fourth.